Need help replacing BIOS chip on HP Compaq 6735b (Just need the

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Need help replacing BIOS chip on HP Compaq 6735b (Just need the chip number) 2016-10-04 14:20:09 Post No. 56917399
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Need help replacing BIOS chip on HP Compaq 6735b (Just need the chip number) Anonymous 2016-10-04 14:20:09 Post No. 56917399 [Report]

I got a laptop from a friend after he fucked BIOS update and it no longer POSTs, so I bought a replacement chip to fix it

Now here's the problem. There are no writings on the replacement chip and the person I bought the chip from did not provide what I should replace the chip with or where.

I only know that it's SOIC 8-pins chip

Literally just a chip name will help.

Anonymous 2016-10-04 14:53:13 Post No.56917728
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Anonymous 2016-10-04 14:53:13 Post No.56917728 [Report]

>>56917399
You don't need to replace the chip. You need to reflash it, a new one will probably be blank as well. Look for a similar soic 8 chip and google the part number till you find one that's a spi bios/eeprom

Anonymous 2016-10-04 14:57:20 Post No.56917770
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Anonymous 2016-10-04 14:57:20 Post No.56917770 [Report]

>>56917399
Laptops don't have user replaceable BIOS/EFI chips. At best you will have to unsolder the old chip and solder the new one in.

If you are coming to /g/ for help I highly doubt you have the requisite skills to perform such a task.

Anonymous 2016-10-04 15:00:53 Post No.56917805
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Anonymous 2016-10-04 15:00:53 Post No.56917805 [Report]

>>56917770

That practically means buying a working motherboard which should be fairly easy to find. Can you solder OP?

Anonymous 2016-10-04 15:06:43 Post No.56917860
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Anonymous 2016-10-04 15:06:43 Post No.56917860 [Report]

>>56917770
>don't have user replaceable BIOS/EFI chips
>unsolder the old chip and solder the new one

so it is replaceable...

Anonymous 2016-10-04 15:12:12 Post No.56917911
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Anonymous 2016-10-04 15:12:12 Post No.56917911 [Report]

>>56917770
That's what I'm basically doing
The chip is already flashed and ready to be soldered to the motherboard

>>56917805
Yes

Anonymous 2016-10-04 17:45:38 Post No.56922102
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Update:
From the countless datasheets I looked at, I decided to try and replace the chip labeled as SSF25V

Mobo still dead and chink EEPROM saying that both chips are blank

Is it FUBAR?

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